Drought over: US women win 1st Olympic cross-country medal

Olympics history was made in South Korea on Wednesday when two American athletes became the first to score a gold medal for the U.S.in cross-country skiing.

In her last Olympics, Kikkan Randall and her teammates pulled off a stunning upset to bring home Olympic Gold in the women's team sprint race.

Sweden took silver and Norway finished with a bronze, which allowed Bjoergen to secure her record 14th medal in the Winter Games.

Randall and Diggins snared gold by a nose, with Diggins sprinting to the finish 0.19 seconds ahead of the Swedish team of Charlotte Kalla and Stina Nilsson, with whom they had been dueling for the entire race. Team USA had been hoping that the cross-country drought would finally break; instead, it continued.

Afton skier Jessie Diggins has helped win the first Olympic gold medal in women's cross-country skiing at the Pyeongchang Games.

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She recovered to finish second before being carried out of the arena, seemingly safely through to Thursday's quarterfinals. Christie had come here hoping to become her country's first gold medalist and second medal-winner in the sport .

From Woodridge, Ill., he played at Naperville (Ill.) High, which produced 16-year Major League Baseball vet Jerry Hairston. He set career highs in OBP (.351), slugging (.459), runs scored (78), home runs (30), RBI (78), and steals (16).

All four elementary schools in the district were closed and all extracurricular activities were canceled for the day. Authorities say they found "distractionary-type" devices in his backpack at Jackson Memorial Middle School .

Iran Air Crash has reportedly left all the 65 people dead in one of the most deadly air accidents in the recent time. The United Nations said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres joined world leaders in expressing sorrow over the crash.

Pakistan was supporting terrorism in a systematic manner with the complete support of its army, he added. Meanwhile, three Army persons were also reportedly injured in the operation, police sources added.

The church in Kizlyar on Monday held a service in memory of the victims while all Orthodox churches in Dagestan boosted security. Khalilov was shot dead by police while trying to leave the scene, and his wife has been detained for questioning.

The NWS has put the entire listening area into a winter weather advisory again tonight from 9 p.m. until 9 a.m. There is a chance of more precipitation late Thursday through Sunday , with a snow-freezing rain mix possible.

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